I’m in Launceston, Tasmania attending the National Conference of Timber Communities Australia (TCA). It will be opened this morning by the PM, John Howard.
I got my conference bag last night. It’s contents included a stubbie holder with the verse:
Here’s to a logger
Who fills a need
From houses to paper
From one little seed
For those of you who
Wish to disagree
Try wiping your arse
without felling a tree.

Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.